Wikipedia:WikiProject Elements/PTG/graphics

PTG (talk)
Periodic Table Graphics

Themes
(the sciences)
WT:ELEM

Graphics
(the presentations)

Blocks
(BLOCK) (talk)

State of Matter
(SOM) (talk)

Micro-PT
(MICRO) (talk)

Metal-Nonmetal
(M-nonM) (talk)

Resources
(sets, more)

• Category (CAT) · State of matter (SOM) · Occurrence (OCC) · Metal–nonmetal (M-NONM) · Block (BLOCK)

Categories

1. element to cat

2. cat to elements

3. distinguish cat areas (border in pt)

4. pleasant view

not

x1. association (x 'red=alkaline reactive')

x2. disrupt text (?)

Requirements, to solve

• 9+1 colors (2018): Number of categories: 9 identified, + 1 "unknown chemical properties" i.e., category can not be established

? Could it become 10+1? (it was before 2018, ie set 2013)

• border illustration:

Possible diagonal mix for border elements. Colors should be distinct wrt this. (new)

distinct classes, not fluid

would confuse? Doubted classes (say metalloids) could be noted differently. (hatching)

Legend

• Recognisability in-table <--> legend below connection
• Do not use associations (not "metals associate with silvergrey"; not "alkalis burn easily so are red")
• Do other sets (blocks, ...) are not considered simultaneously (do not appear in the same table)
• Advise a sequence in the periods (left-to-right) OR require circular consitency (NG-AM)
• Advise/check sequence for variant PTs (Left Step, ...)
• Contrast check wrt background (white or near-white)

• Future: allow mixed colors (diagonally mixed?). color requirements?

• Fontcolors used (css-style attribute:color):

1. black and wikilink-blue (local link, visited/notvisited):

• A  black → #000000 
• A  #0645AD --bluelink
• A  #0B0080 -- bluelink, visited (help)

Fontcolors: State of Matter, wl

Further information: Wikipedia:WikiProject Elements/PTG/theme-state-of-matter

State of Matter fontcolor used:

• A  Solid → #000000 
• A  Liquid → #000000 
• A  Gas → #000000 
• A  Unknown phase → #000000 

IOW, black is used twice (meaning 'solid')

• A  wikilink → #0645ad 

Analysis: bordering colors

2018 set (9 cats+unk)

category	number of borders
AM	2
AEM	3
LN	3
AN	3
TM	4
PTM	3
MOID	4
RENONM	3
NG	3
UNK	4
(AM in LeftStep)	4

Recognition and distinction

"Recognition and distinction" are requirements for legend colors to check that the reader is able to recognise a set (category), to distinguish different sets, to find a map color in the legend and —reverse— find a legend color on the map.

The reader should be able to discern color borders (where does a category end?, where does it meet an other category?), and also recognise (group) same-color disjoint areas.

① Find element-color or area-color in the legend

② Identify single-color set (can be disjoint), and distinguish different sets at border.

③ Find the area (elements) from a color in the legend

• When checking for color blindness accessibility, these requirements are of huge influence.
• See also: "info not by colors alone".
• On second thought, the #2 can be split: 2a. see a group/map area, even when disjointed; and 2b. see distinction from different map color area. -DePiep (talk) 23:17, 4 January 2021 (UTC)

Other graphic topics

• User:DePiep/PT-toggle-zoom about zooming the PT (detail/overview)